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Tribute to Blues musician Willie King
By
Jimmy Raynor
Atlanta
Published Mar 27, 2009 11:22 PM
Award-winning blues musician Willie King died March 8 at his home in the
Old Memphis community of Pickens County, Ala, near the Mississippi line. Mr.
King and his band, the Liberators, made six albums and a DVD since they started
playing professionally. One won the Living Blues magazine “album of the
year” in 2000.
King described his style of music as “struggle blues”
because much of it was about the struggles against racism in the South. He
played in a major concert the night before he died of a heart attack.
He played mainly in his hometown in Aliceville, Ala., and would travel
professionally to the largest blues festivals in North America and Europe, but
he was always willing to play at progressive events. I first saw him play in
Birmingham, Ala., at a rally to support the women’s health clinic there
after it was bombed.
Willie King will be sorely missed.
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